Empire of the Ants
Registered by trillionorchids on 7/22/2005
2 journalers for this copy...
It is the only one of ants trilogy been translated into English. You can see there should be continuation of the adventure at the end of the book. It might not be really popular in USA when published in 1991. What a shame. The Fresno Bee compairs this book with Richard Adams' Watership Down. I've never read Watership Down. However, let me address this way. If you think that Christian Jacq was an Ancient Egyptian pharoh Ramses II in his previous life for excellent description of Egyptians' daily lives in his novels, Bernard Werber might be an ant for the very same reason.
In a pine stump in a park lives a civilization as complex and intelligent as our own - and just as determined to survive. Here tow ants - a russet warrior and a young female destined to be a queen - set out on a perilous journey to save their comrages from a strange new weapon. They will brave savage birds, rapacious termites, poisonous bettles, and the swift, murderous guardians at the edge of their world: cars. Yet what lies at the end of their quest is far more dangerous. For in a nearby house lives a family of the most barbaric creatures of all. They Wellses have inherited their new home unaware of the threat it poses to an entire nation. Soon they - and those who follow them - will understand the cryptic warning left by the previous owner: Never go down into the cellar.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bernard Werber is a scientific journalist who has studied ants for fifteen years as an avocation. He lives in Paris.
In a pine stump in a park lives a civilization as complex and intelligent as our own - and just as determined to survive. Here tow ants - a russet warrior and a young female destined to be a queen - set out on a perilous journey to save their comrages from a strange new weapon. They will brave savage birds, rapacious termites, poisonous bettles, and the swift, murderous guardians at the edge of their world: cars. Yet what lies at the end of their quest is far more dangerous. For in a nearby house lives a family of the most barbaric creatures of all. They Wellses have inherited their new home unaware of the threat it poses to an entire nation. Soon they - and those who follow them - will understand the cryptic warning left by the previous owner: Never go down into the cellar.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bernard Werber is a scientific journalist who has studied ants for fifteen years as an avocation. He lives in Paris.
The book was sent out to rangerfan upon request.
Recived from trillionorchids for postage. Sounds great :)
